{"id":13105,"date":"2018-06-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/15\/en-russia-igf-2018-overview\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T08:00:00","slug":"en-russia-igf-2018-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2018\/06\/15\/en-russia-igf-2018-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"RIGF 2018 \u2014 The 9th Russian Internet Governance Forum \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 9th Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF 2018) met in Saint Petersburg on 6 April 2018, with a programme devoted almost entirely to cybersecurity, bringing together government, business, the technical community, academia and civil society.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Four sessions tackled fake news, international cybersecurity cooperation, computer emergency response, and the promise and dangers of AI \u2014 concluding that cyber threats demand cooperation across borders.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The forum confronted head-on the tension between 'digital sovereignty' and international collaboration \u2014 a preview of Russia's later internet policy \u2014 while its disinformation and AI-risk debates translate directly to readers anywhere.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on RIGF 2018 \u2014 The 9th Russian Internet Governance Forum<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 The second RIGF held outside Moscow, after Innopolis in 2017. On 5 April, the eve of the forum, speakers gave lectures to students at St Petersburg universities<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nRIGF 2018 \u2014 The 9th Russian Internet Governance Forum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Edition<\/td>\n9th edition<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n6 April 2018<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nSaint Petersburg, Russia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Format<\/td>\nIn-person<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Award<\/td>\nThe Virtuti Interneti award went to Alexey Platonov (Technical Center of Internet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nCoordination Center for TLD .RU\/.\u0420\u0424<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. Fake News \u2014 Media and Social Networks as Tools of Manipulation<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Session "Fake News: Fake'n'Hype" (11:15\u201312:45, moderated by Karen Kazaryan, RAEC)<\/p>\n